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Middle East live updates: Hostage's body recovered from tunnel in Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces continues its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza with ceasefire talks resuming in Qatar.
Middle East latest: Israeli strikes kill at least 5 in Gaza, including 2 babies, Palestinians say
Palestinian medics say Israeli airstrikes have killed at least five people in the Gaza Strip, including two infants and a woman.
Trump says 'hell will break out' in the Middle East if Hamas doesn't return Israeli hostages
Israel has yet to agree to a deal with the terror group that would secure the return of the remaining hostages from Hamas.
Trump Middle East envoy predicts 'good things' to announce on Gaza hostages before inauguration
President-elect Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff said on Tuesday he hopes to have good things to report about hostages held by Hamas in Gaza by the time Trump is sworn in as U.S. president on Jan.
Middle East latest: Israeli hostage found dead in Gaza, military says
Israeli forces have recovered the body of a hostage held in Gaza, the military said Wednesday, adding that it was identifying additional remains that could belong to another captive. The recovery of Yosef AlZayadni,
Middle East latest: Israeli raids kill 3 in West Bank, including Hamas commander
The Israeli military launched a wave of raids across the occupied West Bank overnight and into Tuesday, killing at least three Palestinians who it said were militants.
Trump Middle East envoy predicts 'good things' to announce on Gaza hostages before Jan. 20
Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff said on Tuesday he hopes to have good things to say about hostages held by Hamas in Gaza by Inauguration Day.
Middle East latest: Israeli strikes kill 18 in Gaza, including 5 kids in a tent
Israeli airstrikes in southern Gaza killed at least 18 people late Tuesday, including five displaced children who were sheltering in the same tent, the territory’s Health Ministry said.
Humiliating Hamas will be Trump’s first challenge
Donald Trump’s forthright warning that “all hell will break out” if Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists fail to release the ...
Hamas says it has approved Israeli list of 34 hostages for possible deal
Palestinian militant group Hamas has approved a list of 34 hostages presented by Israel to be exchanged in a possible ...
Middle East latest: Israeli strikes kill 17 people in Gaza, nearly all of them women or kids
The Israeli military has launched a wave of raids across the occupied West Bank, killing at least three Palestinians it said ...
Trump seeks to shape Middle East dynamics weeks before taking office
The US president-elect again said “all hell will break out” if Hamas doesn’t release the hostages being held in Gaza ahead of ...
In Israeli Video, Detainee Says Hamas Operates Out of Gaza Hospital
Facing international condemnation and pressure to free the chief of Kamal Adwan Hospital, Israel released a brief ...
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Trump taps Senate staffer as National Security Council’s Middle East director
Eric Trager would replace Brett McGurk, who has played a central role in the Biden administration's handling of the ...
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Trump Middle East envoy says he’s ‘really hopeful’ hostage deal will be struck by Inauguration Day
Steve Witkoff, President-elect Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, said on Tuesday that he was “really hopeful” that they were ...
Hamas stands by demand for end to Gaza war under hostage deal, as Trump deadline nears
Hamas stood by its demand on Tuesday that Israel fully end its assault on Gaza under any deal to release hostages, and said U ...